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In this study, 165 clinical isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria (including M. abscessus, M. chelonae, M. peregrinum, M. fortuitum, M. mucogenicum, M. mageritense, M. alvei, M. smegmatis, M. porcinum, M. septicum, and M. wolinskyi) were tested for in vitro susceptibility to tigecycline and 10 other antibiotics (erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithro-mycin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, amikacin, tobra-mycin, cefoxitin, doxycycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole) using a broth microdilution method.

In Vitro Activity of Tigecycline Against Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria